The great Mike Hughes includes some incredible photos of The Joy Formidable, your next huge thing, in the review on his Catshoegazing blog. http://catshoegazing.blogspot.com/2011/03/joy-formidable-live-at-levis-store.html
This just in from South By Southwest: Supercute! Take Their Act to the Streets of Austin at SXSW.
There will always be a Jolene. – Jim Demetre
Here’s the latest from Left Hand Smoke: NEXT SEATTLE SHOW Thanks to all who came to the Triple Door and made it a sold-out affair. Many people asked about the next Seattle show. LHS will be at the Hard Rock Cafe, a new venue in town, in a couple of weeks. Spread the word! Hard …
The full story in Boing Boing is here.
. . My Dear Teee-ummm: After 20 full years, and due mostly to that faux-drunken Scotsman station ID/PSA by "Angus" that airs incessantly on KEXP, I’ve finally given Ned’s Atomic Dustbin a chance, which will doubtless warm the heart of your Super Promoter pal Roger Tamblyn to no end! I even heard a song by …
Fink at Manu Katché – Pretty Little Thing (Live)… by PoomPoomTchak
Yes, it will, according to this Billboard article: Beach Boys’ Lost ‘Smile’ Album to See Release in 2011. I love Brian Wilson and am glad to see this. However, I hope fans realize that this will not really be the “Smile” album in any real sense, as “Smile” never was finished being written or recorded, …
And it’s lovely, spellbinding: http://musicboxblog.tumblr.com/post/3861034855/eddie-vedder-longing-to-belong-first-single
Go here: http://new.thestrokes.com/featured/listen-to-angles-here
Just received this from Pete Dahlstrom about seeing Missing Persons in 2011 in San Diego: “So, I did go see Missing Persons. She was ok. (Only one original member from what I could tell) I had to call it a night about the third time she broke into extensive semi-coherent monologues. The straw was “I’ll …
Seattle’s legendary psychedelic band The Daily Flash on “The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.”… The Flash crossed paths, once or twice, with notorious LSD cook/cultural icon Owsley Stanley, who died in a car crash today. This clip is so trippy, it would seem Owsley was dosing folks off-camera… but alas, no, just bad TV. Here’s the Youtube …